239,240Pu/137Cs ratios in the water column of the North Pacific: a proxy of biogeochemical processes

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 258-262

  Hirose, Katsumi ^a   Aoyama, Michio ^a   Povinec, Pavel P ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

137Cs; 239,240Pu 137Cs ratio; North Pacific; Plutonium; Seawater; Vertical profile

Indexed keywords

137CS; 239,240PU/137CS RATIO; ANTHROPOGENIC RADIONUCLIDES; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; DEPTH RANGES; LONGITUDINAL DISTRIBUTIONS; MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTH PACIFIC OCEANS; OBSERVED DATUM; PHYSICAL PROCESS; REACTIVE PROPERTIES; SHALLOWER WATERS; TRANSIENT TRACERS; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER COLUMNS;

ACTINIDES; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CURVE FITTING; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS;

CESIUM;

ADVECTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CESIUM ISOTOPE; DIFFUSION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MIXING; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; SEAWATER; TRACER; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CESIUM; PLUTONIUM; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIATION MONITORING; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 59749091963     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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